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MLB approves padded caps to protect pitchers

Two former major league baseball players react to the league's approval of new specially-padded caps to protect pitchers from line drives in Missouri.

Updated: 9:44 PM CST Jan 28, 2014

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MLB approves padded caps to protect pitchers

Two former major league baseball players react to the league's approval of new specially-padded caps to protect pitchers from line drives in Missouri.

Updated: 9:44 PM CST Jan 28, 2014

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MLB approves padded caps to protect pitchers

Two former major league baseball players react to the league's approval of new specially-padded caps to protect pitchers from line drives in Missouri.

Updated: 9:44 PM CST Jan 28, 2014

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WEBVTT THERE TO BRING IT TO YOU LIVE ON KMBC DOT COM AND THE KMBC APP. JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING TRAINING THIS YEAR - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JUST APPROVED A NEW PADDED CAP TO TRY TO PROTECT PITCHERS FROM GETTING SLAMMED IN THE HEAD BY A BALL. KMBC NINE'S DIANE CHO TALKED WITH WITH A COUPLE FORMER PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS TO FIND OUT HOW REALISTIC IT IS. NATS: FORMER ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PITCHER - MARK NUSSBECK NATS: HAS BEEN HELPING 13- YEAR-OLD GREG NORMAN PERFECT HIS FORM FOR AWHILE - WHILE HE'S NEVER BEEN HIT WITH A LINE DRIVE IN THE LEAGUE - NATS: HE ADMITS HE WAS BLINDSIDED BY A BALL WHILE COACHING HERE AT MAC-N-SEITZ BASEBALL JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. 7.25 I WAS IN HERE AND IT CAME THROUGH THE DOOR ACTUALLY AND IT KIND OF HIT ME RIGHT HERE IM SURE IF I WAS WEARING ONE OF THOSE HATS IT WOULDVE TAKEN SOME OF THE IMPACT AWAY. SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN A REGULAR BASEBALL CAP - THE MLB APPROVED A NEW PADDED CAP - NATS:? PROTECTING PITCHERS FROM LINE DRIVES UP TO 90 MILES PER HOUR. 1.16 IVE SEEN HITTERS WEARING FULL HELMETS GET HIT AND KNOCKED OUT AND OBV THIS IS SOMETHING MUCH THINNER IT'S A FLUKE, A FREAK ACCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENS BUT WHEN IT DOES IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW VIOLENT THE SPORT CA A CLOSE DISTANCE WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE PLAYERS NOW A DAYS. WHILE THE PADDED CAPS ARE OPTIONAL IN THE LEAGUE - NATS: WHETHER PITCHERS WILL ACTUALLY WEAR THEM ---COULD MAKE FOR A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME 8.00 WHEN YOU'RE THROWING A BASEBALL AT 80-90 MPH YOU'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FEAR IN YOU ESP IF NOTHING'S EVER HAPPENED BEFORE ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THEM - THE CAP - PROVIDES ABOUT A HALF AN INCH OF PADDING AROUND THE